Trojans find win column with lots of offense, no defense

Published 9:37 am, Monday, September 17, 2012

South Houston quarterback James Davis threw for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth as the Trojans broke into the win column Friday night with a wild 52-49 overtime win against Dickinson.

But it was kicker Uriel Cardenas providing the winning points in the OT when he converted from 37 yards out. Cardenas accounted for 10 of the team’s 52 points thanks to a perfect night in the point-after department.

Its South Houston’s first overtime victory against a non-district opponent since the 1999 season when it defeated Clear Creek. But in many ways, the Trojans were fortunate because the defensive struggles continued for head coach C.L. Whittington’s crew.

In finishing its non-district play, South Houston will hit district play, yielding an average of 57.6 points a game.

The Trojans surrendered over 700 yards to a winless Gators team, approximately 85 percent of it coming on the ground. Krystn Hammon had a monster of a rushing game that enabled him to score all of Dickinson’s touchdowns but two. Fortunately, Dickinson had little to brag about defensively as well.

Davis accounted for over 500 all-purpose yards, the majority coming in the air where he had his best passing game of the season. Ranked second in the district when the night started, he took over first place with his night, surpassing Pasadena’s Nick Bernal for the top spot.

Byron Hodges didn’t have nearly the kind of night Hammon did but had a strong night nonetheless. He scored twice on the ground as the Trojans improved to 1-2.